Accepted File Types

This page lists the types of files that you can upload to your WordPress.com site.

Table of Contents

1. Images
2. Documents
3. Audio
4. Video

Currently, you are permitted to upload the following file types to your WordPress.com site (no upgrade required):

Images

.jpg
.jpeg
.png
.gif

See the Images help page for examples and details.

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Documents

.pdf (Portable Document Format; Adobe Acrobat)
.doc, .docx (Microsoft Word Document)
.ppt, .pptx, .pps, .ppsx (Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation)
.odt (OpenDocument Text Document)
.xls, .xlsx (Microsoft Excel Document)

With the purchase of the WordPress.com Personal, Premium or Business plan, you are also permitted to upload:

.key (Apple Keynote Presentation)
.zip (Archive File Format—as long as the .zip file contains accepted file types)

See the Uploading Documents help page for examples and details.

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Audio

With the purchase of the WordPress.com Personal, Premium, Business or eCommerce plan, you are also permitted to upload zip files and the following audio file types, in addition to the basic file types listed above:

.mp3
.m4a (might not work in all browsers)
.ogg
.wav

There is an embedded audio player built in to WordPress.com that will work with .mp3 files.

If you have issues uploading .m4a files, you can try re-encoding it again to .m4a format with a conversion software.

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Video

With the purchase of the WordPress.com Premium, Business, or eCommerce plan, you are permitted to upload the following video file types, in addition to the basic file types listed above.

.mp4, .m4v (MPEG-4)
.mov (QuickTime)
.wmv (Windows Media Video)
.avi
.mpg
.ogv (Ogg)
.3gp (3GPP)
.3g2 (3GPP2)

Before uploading files to your blog, please ensure that you own, or have the legal right to distribute them. If you do not own the files, and do not have express permission from the owner or copyright holder, you may NOT place them on your site.

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